Cardinal at the birdbath on a sunny but
cold October 27. There was a hard freeze last night
so we put out the heated birdbath this afternoon. This
picture was taken late in the afternoon with lots of fall leaves in background
and also the green and yellow variegated Yucca in the background at left.

Sat outside for a long time this cold late afternoon and the only
little bird that felt sorry for me and was kind enough to pose for me
was this bright-eyed Chickadee when it came to get a drink of fresh water.

The little ground squirrel in front of the house.
These cute creatures are the ones who are responsible for
the volunteer sunflowers that come up in the flower pots.
This one was chewing on some seeds when I snapped this picture.

While I was watching this dragonfly, he would suddenly fly up,
catch a small flying insect and then bring it back to this spot and eat it.
These insects are really quite ferocious and eat a lot of smaller insects.